Monthly Archives: April 2018

The 2018 Regular Legislative Session began on March 12th at noon. Most bills involving workers’ comp have not moved this session, but one HB 536 which would require a hearing from a workers’ comp judge before benefits can be cut off for a missed second medical opinion, did make it out of Committee last week.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s asset-management unit, which oversees $250 billion for insurers, said an economic slowdown in the U.S. is the biggest investment risk for the industry for the first time since the financial crisis.

An attorney in Grand Prairie, Texas, was sentenced last week to 120 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $26,572,458.93 in restitution for his role in a scheme he ran along with his family members from July 2011 to September 2015.

The U.S. Department of Labor announced approximately $62 million in grants to provide employment assistance and workforce development services to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians.

Louisiana Comp Blog’s upcoming tech conference, Spotlight on Solutions, will bring together various stakeholders in the workers’ comp industry on June 15th in New Orleans to discuss how technology is changing comp and where we’re headed in the age of endless information. Leading up to the conference, this Q&A series will allow attendees to learn more about our presenters and what they have to offer. Below, Colin Fitt, SVP of Corporate Development with Maiden Re, talks about how tech is changing the entire insurance industry.

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